Prime Minister Cup Women's National Cricket Tournament

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This article is about the women's domestic cricket tournament. For the men's domestic cricket tournament, see Prime Minister Cup Men's National Cricket Tournament.
Prime Minister Cup Women's National Cricket Tournament
CountriesNepal
AdministratorCricket Association of Nepal
FormatTwenty20
First edition2015
Latest edition2024–25
Next edition2025–26
Tournament formatRound-robin and Knockout
Number of teams8
Current championAPF Club (7th title)
Current trophy holderAPF Club
Most successfulAPF Club
(7 titles)
Most runsRubina Chhetry (628)[1]
Most wicketsKaruna Bhandari (31) [2]
TVHimalaya TV
Tournaments

Prime Minister Cup Women's National Cricket Tournament is a twenty20 cricket tournament in Nepal organised by the Cricket Association of Nepal.[3]

The inaugural edition was contested among 10 teams and six teams contested the tournament from 2016 to 2018. The competition has featured 8 teams from the 2019 edition. Nepal A.P.F. Club are the most successful team in the history of the competition, winning 6 titles.[4]

Competition format

The inaugural tournament had 10 teams, nine regional and one departmental team, competing in two round-robin groups with the top two teams from each group advancing to the semi-finals.[5] The following season the regional teams were replaced by teams representing the five development regions and the tournament was reduced to six teams while retaining the previous format.[6]

Ahead of the 2020 season, the five regional teams were replaced by teams representing the seven provinces, taking the number of teams to eight.[7] The tournament format remained unchanged until the 2023 season.

The format was changed for the 2023–24 season, with the eight teams competing in a round-robin format with the top four advancing to the play-offs.[8]

Teams

Province/Department First season Titles Runner-up
Koshi Province 2019 1 3
Madhesh Province 2019 0 0
Bagmati Province 2019 0 0
Gandaki Province 2019 0 0
Lumbini Province 2019 0 0
Karnali Province 2019 0 0
Sudurpashchim Province 2019 1 2
APF Club 2015 7 2
Tribhuwan Army Club 2024-25 0 0

Defunct teams

Winners

Season Final Best batter Best bowler Player of the tournament Ref
Winner Runner-up
2015 Region-VII (Janakpur) APF Club Shobha Ale (Region-VII) Trishna Singh (Region-V) Anuradha Chaudhary (Region-VII) [9]
2016 APF Club Eastern Laxmi Chaudhary (Mid-Western) Santoshi Chaudhary (Eastern) Sarita Magar (APF) [10]
2017 APF Club Far-Western Rekha Rawal (Far-Western) Ritu Kanojiya (APF) Sita Rana Magar (APF) [11]
2018 APF Club Eastern Kajal Shrestha (Eastern) Rubina Chhetri (Eastern) Rubina Chhetri (Eastern) [12]
2019 APF Club Sudurpashchim Kabita Kunwar (APF) Khushi Dangol (Bagmati) Sita Rana Magar (APF) [13]
2020 Koshi Province APF Club Jyoti Pandey (APF) Karuna Bhandari (APF) Sangita Rai (Koshi) [14]
2021 APF Club Koshi Apsari Begum (Koshi) Alisha Khadiya (Koshi) Rubina Chhetri (Koshi) [15]
2023 Sudurpashchim Koshi Kabita Kunwar (Sudurpaschim) Manisha Chaudhary (Sudurpashchim) Kabita Kunwar (Sudurpaschim) [16]
2023–24 APF Club Koshi Suman Khatiwada (Gandaki) Puja Mahato (Madhesh) Rubina Chhetri (Koshi) [17]
2024–25 APF Club Sudurpashchim Mamta Chaudhary (APF) Manisha Upadhyay (Bagmati) Indu Barma (APF) [18]

Team's performance

Seasons

  • C – Champion
  • RU – Runner-up
  • SF – Semi-final
  • GS – Group stage
Season
(Teams) 		2016
(6) 		2017
(6) 		2018
(6) 		2019
(8) 		2020
(8) 		2021
(8) 		2023
(8) 		2023–24
(8) 		2024–25
(9)
Koshi Province — SF C RU RU RU GS
Madhesh Province — SF GS GS SF GS GS
Bagmati Province — GS GS GS GS SF Super 4
Gandaki Province — GS GS GS GS GS GS
Lumbini Province — GS SF SF GS GS GS
Karnali Province — GS GS GS GS GS GS
Sudurpashchim Province — RU SF SF C SF RU
APF Club C C C C RU C SF C C
Tribhuwan Army Club — Super 4
Eastern Development Region RU GS RU —
Central Development Region GS GS GS —
Western Development Region GS GS GS —
Mid-Western Development Region GS GS GS —
Far Western Development Region GS RU GS —

References

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  2. ^ "Cricket Records in Prime Minister Cup Women's National Cricket Tournament most career wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
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  5. ^ "PM Cup Women's National Cricket Tournament-2072 kicks off". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Women's selection tournament begins today". My Republica. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  7. ^ Pandit, Dipesh (26 December 2020). "Nepal: APF records largest victory in PM Cup Women's National Cricket Tournament". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  8. ^ "पिएमकप महिला टि२० राष्ट्रिय प्रतियोगिता राउन्ड रोविनमा हुने - हाम्रो खेलकुद". HamroKhelkud (in Nepali). 12 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  9. ^ "Janakpur clinch low-scoring thriller in the final of PM Cup 2015". CricNepal. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  10. ^ "APF claim women's national cricket title". The Himalayan Times. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  11. ^ "Nepal APF outplay Far-west, claim PM Cup". The Himalayan Times. 9 March 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  12. ^ Republica. "Armed Police Force lifts PM Cup Women's Cricket title". My Republica. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  13. ^ "Nepal APF beat Farwest, win PM Cup title". The Himalayan Times. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  14. ^ "Full Scorecard of PROV-1 Women vs APF Women Final 2020 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  15. ^ "Final, Fapla Cricket Ground, Dec 26 2021, Prime Minister Cup Women's National Cricket Tournament (Jyoti Pandey 36*, Mamta Chaudhary 19*, Sabnam Rai 0/12) - RESULT, PV1-W vs APF-W, Final, live score, 2021". ESPNcricinfo. 26 December 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  16. ^ "CAN National Women's Cricket Tournament [Jan 2023], CAN National Women's Cricket Tournament 2022/23 score, Match schedules, fixtures, points table, results, news". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  17. ^ "APF clinches PM Cup Women's Cricket Championship". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  18. ^ "APF wins Prime Minister's Cup Cricket tournament". The Rising Nepal. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
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